Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06

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large. Ever sf1ss Ratefis day tbs work
% exflina erfninals - Siberia has beea
kspt ~; ths ordinary tFnvel 81 shis s0rt
= ab0as 1880 snnaziiy, and aoEzsstmes
g rsaones a. hiRs a. zoos or lS0l9
O1esids ef this depoftarz01 . thae 81
fsEuiafionisza, nihiiists and othsFs wha
0dznd psl7sacMiiy rather snan criminal
y. t1o1zh NnT opposition 70 ne auto
cratls poser q tha Gar % likely 20 b
regarded - criminal ~ lhs eyes OF she
h1ssizn 9sgErnmenk After egsry rsE
olurion IN Poland ths number of exIles
= Fspidiy augmented. In ths YEAR for
losing tne revolt u lek3. 400 Foiss
sexs sent % siberis, an1 fer 500 or
thEss years afksrsaFd there we're ffom
1000 70 $500 ashappy lowers - fnds-
cendenee $50 Travelled the sane Eoate.
>onelinsts tie polliioal prisoaers are
mingled wlth tie erImlnaias but 0ndi-
Darlty they sFe ket apart La formsf
tines the pTisoners gere compsiled -
yak o Their Destinations AID the jour
neg from IS. Petersburg 30 TOE regions
bsyond LAKE Baikai, dlszancs Of near
81 40 milss. oesapied too years and
somssimes more. and many Of tbe exiles
died Oh the road froa fasiRls and psi
. M.NIIE.a u
q tranapoFs the odenders N wagons o.
sieigha, OF % rail- and steaanoosf whsn
Dossiule. than 20 require lhem 90 walk.
md for the lass twenty years o. more
dve sixtha Of the exilea have been ear
red 10 tbs way. A. potnss vAFyln
from ten t0euensy miles apart aion9 The
srset road theOa9n BibeEa. thsre are
oouses for the indgment Of prisoners -
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wsstneK, bat very iistis else, a. they are
aimosa always badly ventilated and
very dirty; and occupants sleep on the
bare n3or o. benches Uifhsut sny other
covering than the clothes they wear.
sometimes In summer she cfhser II
| charge Of tbs convoy Of priso0srs w1ll
/ psFmit them 20 aasep out Of doers at
niehf instead Of sntaEinx the filthy STA
tiouk, but il such case be FeQaires the
personal promise Of every exile IN tne
convoy that be will not eatsmut 20 60
oape, and Be farther makes tue whole
party responsible for individual eon-
dncs. I'm eF saeh circumstances n ons
Of tbs prisoners should violate hls pa
| role and raa away, no further favor
woaid Be shown 10 the rssts and sssj
would be pus % low rntions OF food and
Otherwise panisbed. IL Il needless q
say they take good care thAt the prom
lee IL kept. This privileRe 10 sccordet
only 70 the conveys Of political offend
ers; the criminal classes are not COZ
sidesed worthy Of suoh confidence IN
their honor.
Prison life in Siberia ID Of many vsri
cites, according 30 she ofksnses ct diner
EMS Individuals and the sentences which
have been decreed In theiF Gases tn
lowest sentence 10 30 simple basishmen
for three years. and the highest TO barr
labor for life. The simple exile wltnou
imprisonment 10 appointed 10 live IN
certain town, District or province. ana
mu~t FepoEs 70 the police ~ stated II
iosvAls. he may engage in csrtaii
specified occapatiens, OF rather in an.
occupation which u not on sprohibitss
list; for example. be may teach musi
} or painting, bat may NOS teach Ian
euaRes, a. they afford the opportunft,
for propagating revolutionary ideas
He may become merchant, farmer, me
chAnic, contractor or anything slss o
that sort, snd IL not Infrequently hap
! pens that sxiles enjoy degree Of pros
; psriiy In their new homes that thew dil
DOT have IN EaFopeaB Russia. Exile
J and their sons have become millionaire
IN Siberia; former Vanderbilt Of Irk
oulsk, the Capital Of Eastern Siberia
! YES the son Of an exile serf, bis enoi
msus fortune having be made IN %
overland tea trade. Many exiles b.
J cone 90 attached 10 Siberia that the
remain there after their term Of Danish
! ment IL ended, bat II should be undsl
! stood that their cases srs the exoepsio
rather than the rule. The wife and im
mature children Of az exile may follo'
~ accompany BIN at the expense of %
! Government, bat cannot return TO Ea
rope until bis tern OF ssrviss has Fl
yirsd. The object Of exile Is 10 furnis
| a population 10 this sparsely iBhabite'
, | region, and il goes without saying tina
a family man IL mush more likely 10
good citizsn when bis wife aud chill
dren are uith him than when they a.
thousands Of miles away. The name o
J . prisoner or - exile" 10 never apple
20 the banished individusls; in the Ian
gauge Of the people thev are called ''ur
, for anatsa." and in official docamenl
! they are termed involuntary emf
QraatsS
OF those sentenced to forced labo
| Ame are ordered 20 become eolonisti
They are furnished vitA tne tools an.
| materials for bulldiug house on 9 pio
Of er0und allotted 10 them. and fs
thres years can Feosive rations from %
! nearest government station. bot whe
The three years have expired they AZ
expected TO support themselves.
. they we're -ent 20 the southern an
, therefore fertile parts Of Siberia, tbsi
lot wcuid not be . ssvere one, bat "a
] moss 81 tbese oolonists are assigned Z
. the northern regions. where tne suppoE
OF life from filling the soil or fror
! huntinR and fishing 10 q matter Of grea
J difisalty. Those Who are kept IN ptIso
and eentenced 10 bard labor ere eu
! ployed IN mines. mills. foandries. or o.
! the pcblis roads; many Of them Sea
chains which extend from 9 grid
ar and the waist 10 each ankle, and 81
fectually preclade the possibility % run
ninR away. 1hsir life is hard ons
and their food 10 course and often lim
tied IN qusssity. II b bad eneagh IN
der kind hearted overseers and supeFin
teadentp, and teFrihie when the master
are ornel, which happons alsoRether 20
often. 10 the time Of tbs nrst Alexaz
der and the Emperor Nicholas. the treat
ment Of The pFisoRers in Siberia "a
more saVere than At present, bot evei
today Tiers is great opportunity 10
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